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I HE Newton Enterprise VOL XII NO. 39. NEWTON, N. C, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1890. PRICEr 81.00 PER YEAR FOR PITCHER'S 5I Pi Caitori promotes Digestion, and oTtrcoiues Flatulency, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, and Feverishness. Thus tbo child is rendered healthy and its gleop natural. Castoria, contains no jIoryhin- or other narcotic property. ' Castoria Is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription knuwa to me." H. A. Archer, M. D.. 82 rortland Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. " I use Castoria In my practice, and find It ipecialiy adapted to affections of children." Alex. Robertson, M. D., 1067 2d Are.. New York. Tine CEVTArB Co., 77 Murray St., N. Y. J. B. LITTLE, sr RESIDENT DENTIST. NEWTON, N.G. ty'.ce in Yvunt $ Shrum's Building. LAUGENOUR, DENTIST. Newton, N. 0. mi t:i' Iv ,1., h1. I! WW.U 1 ;.:; t tin -ia: wrk. II - - - -! Hi. work. Latest improvements. New 1. Low prices. Aching and bad ivfd t't tli, treated, filled and sav' i!d or lion-clain frowns put on na- ii H its. Can save per cent, of tii as ar' usuallv extracted. Ar 1 t'l-tii put in without plates, bv w -vtem of CROWN' ami IUtlUGr Tln v are made fast in the mouth, ;,!! down or sret loose. Are the -i Mjiproaeh to the natural teeth, i.u- the best artificial substitute, las VANSTOIIYS' V.VXSTOliYS' VAXSTOKYS' THE KANSAS ALLIANCE. Atlanta Constitution. ju-t "ived the largest and pret tiest slock of MILLINERY Em i- I'l-nulit to this place, they kindly iiivite t lie iitililii- to call and ex- amiiie them before 15 living Elsewhere, will Mivi.' iiionev bv doing so. NOTICE. r.v hi T-r- i 1. 1 . 1- r of court at fall term, 1890, l'Tiirned. as commissioner, will !!! for c-ih. at tlx eonrt house in New ton, mi tin- 21th day of November, 1890, a vaiu.il'li' tract of land Iving on the wa- I 'uiis creek, Jacob's P'ork town ""iiid tract adjoins the lands of m Miller. John Kullbritrht, and -. mid contains about YAH acres, in satisfy judgement in favor of It. iinl. ami airainst Daniel Keever. I Jinn -aid tract of land is a large new hrn-k pi'leiice and other good buildings, ii.iikiiiir tlie place valuable and desirable. P. A. IIOYLE, C. S. V., Commissioner. K 'if'iATKFl'L COMFORTING. EPPS'S COCOA. UREA K FAST. "I'.y ilmniiigli knowledge of the natu ral law which govern t he operations of i -ihmi and nutrition, and by a careful "W'ii'' a:iin of the tine properties of well '''I '("-oa, Mr. Ents has provided HIT I II I akfast tables with a delicately lla- I i-vei age which mav save us many tin--" bills. It is by the judicious use 'I' h articles of diet that a constilu 'i :.iay be gradually built up until "in; 'Hough to resist every tendency i.; -.-a -.... Hundreds of subtle maladies lioaiijj around us ready to attack 'ii'Vi-r there is a weak point. We escape many a fatal shaft by keep iiu-sc! ves well fortified with rture ''I'""! and a roperIy nourished frame." 'nil Si-niif (itixfttf. Made simply wuli lioiliur wafer or milk. Sold onlv in 'all M ill i( I til) liv f!rruirg lnKtllorl PS & CO., Homeopathic London, England 'I. m tu ar.' Hi). ilia i :i-r ttm I AMES EP Hi-miMs. "Will Play 100 TUNES To In trod ii ee them, one in every County or Town fur nished reliable per sons (either sex) who will promise to show ft. BORDEN MUSIC 101 CO I'- 1 1 i Mia, New York l it j. ESS & HEAD NOiSES eURFtbr B'ki I.NVI.sIilLK TMIUIAI (At CIKMIillK- WhHnpn hf-ar.l Com. ""'"'I br all K.m..li.fll. Sold br T. HIS! Ill, BEAR or nee Ji lork. Writo for book f prMb tU.Ul cililUiJilJ For LOST or TATI.TNU KfUNUno general and KERVOUS DEBIXI i . ni r. rrorsr. r Kmp.r. ... m j t7 . PARKER'S HAIR BALSA ClfilisB anil (rpntitiilfu i'. lroiin,tt9 a luxuriant v . Hair to its Youthful Color. Cuiei icalp diwasea & huir failing. ffK-,andH)Oat Oru- jy-ta ' hair. s fjner T ? V S. The only imre cure for Conn. Mi ( LiiuwiAs, w lllatOX k CO.. N. Y. iNDE id! Cough, Hon. L. F. Livingston Las a great many things to say about bis trip to Kansas. The great day of the Kansas meeting," said the colonel, last even ing "was the lbtn. rue country peo ple came in from everywhere, until by 11 o'clock there was a procession of them five miles long. It was the most enthusiastic gathering I ever saw anywhere. At one point. in the line were 100 pretty country girls, all dressed exactly alike ai d all on horse"back: then 100 young men on horseback. "There were flags and banners without number, witu cartoons and odd inscriptions. Odo, I remember, was a bareheaded and barefooted lit tle chap, ragged and dirty. He car ried a bauner, 4l)ad pays 10 per cent, and votes astray.' "Then there was a poor old gray horse, nt b ast thirty five years old, and you con! J stc every bone in his body. His tul aud inane were sbav ed. and his ears propped, giving him a notably miserable a; pearance alto gether. On bis back was a lot of stuff protected by the McKinley bill, and an umbrella to shelter it. The umbrella had been thrown back, il lustrating the idea of protection that didn't protect. On the horse's sides was the inscription: 'The remains of the old party.' "There were hundreds of others, too numerous to mention That night again there was an enormous gathering. Th ugh I had spoken, after Colonel Polk, that day, I was called upon that evening by a com mittee and oolijjed to tpeak again. Jlv subiects were the McKinley bill and the Lodge bill. 'I built up two columns one of luxuries admitted free or taxed light lv and the other of the necessities of life taxed heavily. Of course did not venture on the abstract ques tion of free trade and protection, but pointed out the iniquity of that par ticular bill. "Then I heard one of the finest public speeches I ev-r listened to. It was made by a woman lire. Mary Lease. It was against the Lodge bill, and against the McKinley bill, and against Ingalls. Her denuncii- tion of iDgalls was powerful. She is a tall, thin Irish woman, well edu cated and refined, and thoroughly posted in political aitairs. l was so carried away by that speech that tried to get her to come to our State fair in Macon and make an address, guaranteeing $100 nd all expenses. "We need her riht here,' was the answer. 'She is our best cam paigner. She is a magnificent speaker. "The condition of the Kansas far mer is worse than that of our far mers, ten to one. The State is cov ered with mortgages from one end to the other. That has been denied in Congress and elsewherer but it's the truth. I talked to 300 or 400 people, indisciiminately, and the col dition there is truly pitiable. Absolutely, there is one tract in the western part of tlie State, nine miles wide by thirty-five long, where every single land holder Las been evicted every single one, and evicts ed on mighty short notice and the two or three land associations hold ing the mortgages" have formed a great syndicate in Topeka to culti vate that land themselves. They have sowed that great tract of land in wheat. "As their condition has been worse than ours, -o much greater has been the energj aHd enthusiasm with which they have gone into this move ment for relief Men, women and children share alike in the enthusi asm. "Two years ago this people's movement was not known. It had not started, and Kansas went Re publican by over 80,000 majoiity. "Within two j ears it has develop ed Buch enormous proportions that they are confident the people's tick et, entire, will be elected the Dem ocratic ticket coming next, and the Republican next. "The people's ticket includes all the labor'ug the negroes other element! diilale for lue pie n ticket "Another rein.nkable factor in the movement ia I'ne citizens' alliance. It is niu.de up of peo le not eligible to membership in the Farmers Alli ance doctors, lawyers, merchants and other.", who sympathize, with the farmers' movements and n ambers now 15,000 members, and by the election in November that number will reach 25,000. They have adopted the alliance platform in toto, and are co-operating heartily. "One tbiDg strange to me was the part taken by women generally in politics. They seem to know as much about public affairs as men, and help carry the elections with their speaking and writing. "Another thing I noticed was this; I dwelt upon the idea that the inter ests of the South and Vest, as a farming people, were identical; that they had great common interests at stake, and that they must work, to gether to get relief. "Whenever that sentiment was ad vanced, aud in whatever shape, it was oheered to the echo. Their re sponse to it was general. JLnose people are ddsperate, and they are breaking the party lines and mass ing one irresistible movement for relief. "Their enthusiasm is contagious, and they are confident of victory. "As to Ingalls: being there only a short while, I cau only say that both sides are claiming the victory. "In galls is hard at work stumping the State, realizing that his calling is very uncertain. Certainly, if Ingalls is re elected in January it win oe only because of the fact that 39 of the old senators hold over. Near ly all of them were Ingalls men, but a few have been changed by strin gent resolutions passed by their constituents. THE BEST FORCE IN SOUTH ERN LIFE. A. D'. Mayo in the November Forum. WOMAN'S INTUITION. NEARLY ALWAYS RIGHT IS HER JUDGMENT IN REGARD TO COMMON THINGS An old gentleman over seventy, came into the city from his farm, without his overcoat. The day turn ed chilly and he was obliged to fore go his visit to the fair. To a friend who remonstrated with him for going away from home thus unprepared, he said: "I thought it was going to be warm; my wife told me to take my overcoat, but I wouldn t. Homen nave more sense than men anyway.'' A frank admission. Women s good sense is sad to come from intuition; may it not be that they are more close observers of little things. One thing is certain, they are apt to strike the nail on the bead, in all the ordinary problems of life, more frequentlv than the lords of creation. "According to Dr. Alice Bennett who recently read a paper on Bright's disease befoie the Pennsylvania State Medical Societj', persons sub ject to billious attacks and: sick head aches, who have crawling sensations, like the flowing of water in the head. wLo are 'tired all the time' and have unexplained attacks of sudden weak ness, may well be suspected of dan geroua tendencies in the direction of Blight's disease.'' The veteran newspaper correspou dendent, Joe Howard, of the New Roi k Press, in noting this; statement, suggests : "Potsibly Alice is cor rect in her diagnosis, but why doej n't she give some idea of treatment ? I tnow a man who ha been 'tired all the time for ten years. Night be fore last he took two doses of calo mel and yesterday he wisLed Le hadn't" A proper answer is found in the following lettter to Mrs. Davis, wife of Rev. Wm. J. Dayij, of Basil, O., June 21st, 1890 : "I do not nesitate to say that owe my life to Warner s Safe (Jure. I had a constant hemorrhage from my kidneys for more than five months The physicians could do notting for me. My bur. and spent hundreds of doilar6 and I was not relieved, was undo, the care of the most emi nent medical men in the State. The hemorrhage ceased before I had ta- one bottle of Safe Oure. I can safe ly and do cheerfully recommend to all who are euffeiers of kidney troubles. It can be understood only by a careful observer to what extent the co- operation by the best people of both races keeps down tne lower or ders, prevents outbreaks, and in numerous ways restores order, law and justice in a realm within a gen eration turned upside down by the most overwhelming industrial reyo- ution of modern times. Doubtless the loss of wealth, together with the migration of the superior touds men of the leading families, often works to the disadvantage of the negro. The new rich man of the South is not yet a substitute for the kindly, easy going old master and mistress of the plantation. But, as a fact, the best things now in the South are neither the work of its new northern iramigratiou nor of the uprising of a secondary dang, much e.'s of the imported element from abroad. The upbuilding has been the work of the old leading class, whose families, in their deprivation, amid conditions impossible to be re alized everywhere, have done a work of restoration that yet awaits the full recognition of the country. Es pecially is this true of a large class of Southern young women who, left at home, have given themselves to the good work of doing what their hands have found to do with a pluck, hopefulness, kindliness and efficiency which add new honors to American young womanhood. organizations. Even are moving with the , Laving a negro can- finlitor on the peo- RESTORKD HIS WIFE'S HEALTH. My wife suffered for years from debility and a general iieakiu" down of health, the results of dia 11 A eases peculiar to women, a lew bottles of Swift's (S. S, S ) restored her to perfect health. It built her up, increased her appetit and weight, until sue is now the picture of health. The speedy recoverv of my wife frcm her long illness caused all my family, aud several of inv neighbors, to take S. S. S. As tonic we are all delighted with it. George Flammer, Covington, O. 15 A BY CURED My baby Lad the worse case of Catarrh that I ever saw a small child aftlicted with. The nasal dischaigt was very large and very offensive Having some personal knowledge ot the curative properties of S. S. S. gave the baby a court-e of S. S. S using nothing else. In a short time the discharge from the nose stopped, and the Catarrh was cured entirely and permancntlv, as theie has been no return of it since David Zartman. May 10, 1890. Independence, Ohio. Treatise on Biool and Skiu Dis eases mailed free. SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., Atlanta, Ga EXCLUSIVELY FOR BACHELORS. ADVICE TO YOUNG MEN WHO WANT CREATE A FAVORABLE IMPRESSION. ro Boston Gazette. A MAMMOTH CORPORATION TO CONTROL THE LEAF TOBACCO TRADE. LoursviixE, Ky., Oct. 29. Incor poration papers of a Tobacco Com pany, which embraces Dearly all the leading warehousemen in this city and Cincinnati, and of which much has already been published, were filed today. Its business embraces the storing and selling of leaf tobac co and everything- that usually be longs to warehousing. The capital stock is four millions; one half pre ferred. The preferred stock is to have dividends uf 8 per ceut. per an num out of the earrings, but noth ing more. The corporation may is sue one million bonds. The prin cipal places of business are Louis ville and Cincinnati, and the direc tory which hold till January, iKcludes the best warehousemen in the two cities. It is claimed by the incorporators that the organizations will be of great benefit to tobacco growers. There will be fewer agents, and the agents' pay, they assert, comes fin ally from the grower. The organi zatio will control nine-tenths of the leaf tobacco trade in this .region.. Breaking the ColU to the Can. One morning last spring a traveler ap proaching a country railway station no ticed a man holding a voung horse some twenty rods distant from the track upon which a train was then standing. The man's left hand grasped a strong leather halter at the point where it is fastened to the leading line, while his right hand held firm hold of a heavy strap buckled loosely about the horses throat The man, who was speaking to the horse in low voice, presently began moving with Lim over the open space toward the locomotive, which thus far was perfectly silent. The horse's open nostrils and erect ears showed him to be somewhat excited at the strange apparition, but he evidently felt assurance in his keeper, by whose side he had moved with short and nervous step over perhaps half the dis tance between himself and the train, when the locomotive suddenly let off Bteam.r The terrified creature turned like a Sash, and in so doing for an instant swung the man's feet clean off the ground. But before the horse made the first spring in the opposite direction the man's feet were again on solid earth, and he lost hold with neither hand, although the horse dragged him beyond the place of starting before he could be stopped. Casting his eyes around at the still hiss ing locomotive the horse again sprung forward, but could no more free himself from the man's hold than a rat could es cape from the teeth of a terrier. After a few more futile attempts the horse again turned around, and this time found himself able to endure the sight of the locomotive. Thus he stood for perhaps two ' two minutes with staring and quivering muscles. After a little the steam was shut off, when the man loosed his band from the strap arou id the horse's throat, and with it began stroking his neck, still speaking to him in the same low toned voice. Soon the horse became quite composed, whereupon the man again grasping the throat strap with his right hand, urged him toward the train as before. With many stops and iorts of inquiry the horse permitted himself to be led again toward the locom ive, which, when he was about the sai. j distance from it as the other time, burst forth into a second hissing, quite as load as was the first. Again was repeated the scene already described, but the horse did not drag the man so far as before, nor did he require so long a time in which to be quieted. The steam soon si-nt off again, and the man and horse once more approached the train, which now moved away from the station. The 1-st glimpse of them showed the horse watching the now ac customed terror and the man by his side still Kraspinar the head of the leading line and stroking the horse's neck a beautiful and expressive illustration of the power over an intelligent animal of man's courage, kindness, and patience. Alfred H. Peters. Honey Vinegar. Not long ago we were told that the finest quality of vinegar could be made from watermelon juice. Now a Cana dian apiarist is making vinegar from waste and second grade honey. lie 6tates that one pound of honey and one gallon of water are the proper propor tions to make a good vinegar. lhat is, 29 pounds of honey will make (water enough being added to fill a regular 32 gallon barrel) one barrel of the best vin egar. The vessels used to make it in are common alcohol barrels, which are found at drug stores. Saw out one of the bar rel heads and paint the outside to prevent the Iron hoops from being destroyed by the vinegar. The barrels and vinegar are kept in the cellar, so covered with burlap as to keep the dust out and let the air in. One year converts this water and honey into the choicest vinegar. More age will make it sharper or more acid, but at one year old it ia fine enough for any use. Sweetened water from wash ing honey drippings is the most common waste of the apiary, and to utilize it is presumed to be the desirable matter in connection with honey vinegar. Still, with the low price of honey, bee keepers may find a reasonable outlet for sdme of their poor honey, such as is unfit to sell as an article of delicate luxury for table use. California Fruit-Grower. SWEET SIXTEEH. Agree with the gill's father in pol itics and the mother in religion. If you have a riva1 keep an eye on him. If Le is a widow r keep two eyes on hitn. Dou't put too much sweet stuff on paper. It you do you will near read in after years when your wife Las some special purpose in irflicl it.g upon . jou the severest punish ment known to a married man. Go home at a reasonable hour in the evening. Den t wait, until a girl ha:; to throw her whole t-oul in a yawn that she can't cover with both hands. A little thing like that might cause a cooiness at the very beginning of the game. If, on the occasion of your first call, the girl upon whom you have set your young aff ctions looks like an iceberg and acts like a cold wav, take 30ur leave early and stay away. Woman in her hour- to frceza is un certain, coy aid Lard to please. In cold weather finish saying good night in the house. Don't stretch it all the way to the front gte, aud thus lay the foundation for future asthma, bronchitis neuralgia and chronic catarrh to help you to worry the girl to death after she has mar ried. Don't lio about your financial con dition. It is very annoying to a bride who ha3 pictured a life of ease in her ancestral halls to learn, too late that you expect her to ask a baldheaded old parent who has been uniformly kind to her to take you in out of the cold. P0ULERY CULTURE. now THE JPEASA.XT8 IX FBA.XCE PROFIT BY IT. The Various Breeds and Their Distinctive Merits Egg-Hatching inIrge Establishments- Feeding with Cramming Ma chines Tlie Market and Profits. Special Paris Letter.! Although we are here to see Paris and the Exposition we must perforce take in a good deal else. In an agricultural way nothing is more interesting than a study of poultry culture, as we see it both at the Exposition and in the country. In all parts of France it can be seen that poultry enters much more into the farm' economy than is the case with us. There are, it is true, special districts where fowls are excepti nally cultivated, such as La Manche and the valley of the Auge in Normandy, La Fleche ;nd the valley of La Sarthe in Maine, LToudan, and Mantes in Seine-et-Oise, the Eourg and Louhans in Burgundy. American farmers do not maintain flocks t f poul try as part of their farm operations. In France the agriculturist would never think of neglecting even so small a branch of live stock. More especially is this state of things to be observed in the wine districts, which comprise so large a portion of the cultivated land of the country. Tlie houses in which the fowls live vary very much in size and style : many are permanent made of brick, or stone, or wood ; and, where the taste of the owners has been allowed to display itself, they are often ornamental, but the greater number are portable, gener ally of wood, and made very narrow, so as to permit their standing between the rows of vines, with handles at either end in -rder that a couple of men can carry them. All the year round, except f.r a couple of months when the fruit is ripening, do the poultry live in this way. The lienefit to the land is very great. Not onlv do thev enrich it with their manure a most important consipertion but they clear the ground of worms and slugs ; and the avidity with which they follow the plough during the period ic turnings of tlie soil at once confirms the opinion that insect life is the natural food of fowls. Ihe effect upon the birds poultry-keepers" content themselves with the natural methods, unless there is some such establishment as that at Gambais. It has been estimated that in Paris the average consumption of eggs every year is loO per head of the population, while of chickens a computation arrived at a few years ago stated that everv vear there ABOUT THE FARM. I am taller far than Bess, Though she's stouter, I confer And my shoe tops meet my dreas, And my hair Reaches far below my waist, W hich is just a little laced. And many who have taste Call me fair. With the hoys I musn't play. Mamma told me so to-day: And my dolls are given away Every one ; I'm too old to run about. Play at tag. or laugh and shout, I must learn to live without Any fun. If with Cousin Tom I walk Mamma sees me, like a hawk. And you ought to hear her talkl Such a tonsuel You a schoolgirl flirting, fyl" Then I wish that I might die. Since for any pleasure I Am too young. I'm too old to play with toys, I'm too younj; for woman's joys, I'm too old to fight the boys; And the men I'm forhidden to regard. Lest 1 si-iter 1 ess retard. And I find it rather hard Now ind then. Pittsburg Dispatch, After diphtheria, scarlst fever pneumonia, or any other seeie ill ness, there i no better tcnie lhan Hood's Sarsaparilla. WE CAN AND DO Guarantee Dr. Acker's BI ! Elixir. for it has been fuliy demons; i. d to ;ue people oi this couutrv i.. " 't is superior to all other prepara'i s tor ivocii diseases, it is a dosiiivo cure sor syphilitic poiscniug, t ers, Ei upiions and Pimples. It j v.: lies the whole e&teiu and thor i g'lly h ii d.- up ihe constitution. ..k? by J. C. hiiDmonp, Druggist. When Baby was sick, we gare her Castoric When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them Castoria L lA RRtSSH COCK. themselves is verv beneficial ; and of all the poultry produced in France, except ing those ospeciillv fattened, the finest, both as to tenderness and richness of flavor, are bred and fed on the vine yards. In fattening, artificial methods have for a much longer period been greatly adopted, and nearly all the fowls sent to market are ciammed either by hand or machinery. The regular methods of fat tening are vrry simple. The fowls are kept in dark cages, and are crammed with food, generally liquid, three or four times a day. A funnel is used, the nozzle of which is inserted in the throat of the bird and the food poured down. The method now largely followed is an im provement on this ; for a machine con tains the food, and by a simple pressure of the foot enough of the contents is ejected to form one portion. The fowl's mouth is fitted to the nozzle provided for the purpose, and the operation is most effectivelv and swiftly performed. The system of feeding by pa tons is also larzelv in vogue. In this case the food is made firmer, and formed into large pellets about the size of a finger, several of which are forced into the bird s crop, Each of tlie great centres of poultry breeding and fattening has one or more varities which are distinctly its own, The premier position is held by the La Bresse, which comes from the depart ments of Ain and Saone-et-Loire in Bur gundy. The "pottle de Mans" is bred only in the Le Mans district, and rivals the La Bresse in popular favor. Poul ardes that is, female chickens deprived of their reproductive faculty are pre ferred, and specimens during the first months of the year are sent to all parts of Europe, though the chief demand is in France itself. It is almost without exception the case that the breeder and fattener are two separate individuals. The farmers around Le Mans do not fat ten they simply breed the large, mas sive, black fowl which is characteristic of the Sarthe valley, and in the autumn the chickens are bought up by the dealers who fatten them. The season for fat tening extends from November to April. The birds are kept m small dark cages. and fed upon buckwheat meal, mixed with fat and milk, and made into patons. One dealer at Le Mans usually sends out every season 2,000 of these birds, though he has in an exceptional year reached a total of 3;000. There is also another delicacy produced here, the "oies de Mans, " or geese, fattened up in a similar manner. La Fleche is about thirty miles south of Le Mans, and is also the centre of a great district for poultry culture. well-fed La Fleche poularde is one of the table fowls that can be met with. There is yet a third variety owning this district as its home. This is the courtes rmttes. a short-lecfired. auaintlv shaped black fowl, used chiefly to supply the early season's market. From this made a famed dish, "pouleta a la reine, at one time an especial favorite with epicures. From Normandy comes the creve-coeur. which, while it cannot claim the delicate flavor of La Bresse or La Fleche, is yet esteemed for its valuable qualities on the table and as a layer, It can scarcely now be spoken of as a purely French fowl, for it has won it way Into other countries. And the same may be said of the Houdan. which with its varieties, tlie Le Mans and the raver olle, is bred so largely on the banks of th Seine below Pari; more usetui Dreeus, wmcn are larpei; bred by the farmers of tlie district? whence they emanate. Near to the tow n of Houdan is a great egg-hatching estal lishment, where thousands of chickens are bora in incubators every year. Far mers bring their eggs, returning three weeks afterwards for the chickens, pay ing the "establishment one out of every three so hatched or its share of the work. ArtificialincuDaiaon and faring has de veloped greatly in France since the Franco-German war, but as a rule the ordinary is 9r UMXTS Ji-J TALKS OJV OF trORK. JII SORTS LA FLECHE FOWL. are about eighty millions of capons and chickens consumed in France. Only a comparatively small number of these are capons, perhaps al.mt 4 per cent.; for. while the ordinary chicken enters into the daily food of all classes, except per haps the very poor, capons are, from their price, necessarily limited to the wealthier section of the communitv. The English Consul at Le Mans informed us that he cannot obtain a good capon under 16 f., while if he desires a fine poularde he must pay 20 f. to 30 f . These birds are fed for several weeks on the verv best food. They require a large amount of at tention ; and the dealer who finishes them off and sends to the consumer expects tc receive at least two shillings per pound. Thus it will be seen that the supply of and demand for the better qualities of French poultry, the capons and poulardes, is nec essarily limited. But the ordinary chick en, superior in every way to the average fowls sold in this country, forms an arti cle of diet m French households of a class where poultry are only here seen occa sionally, and as a special dish except they are bred by the consumer. In con sidering, therefore, the question of poul try in France, it is well to bear this fact in mind. That economy which is so great an ele ment in the f rench character is very evi dent in the marketing of fowls. In Paris half birds can be purchased, both cooked and uncooked, but at Bordeaux this divi sion of the fowl is carried out to a much gaeater extent, and in the octagonal mar ket of the beautiful city on the Gironde can be seen peculiar-looking carcasses, offered there for sale carcasses whose leading characteristic seems to be the ab sence of meat. Legs, wings, breast all are gone. These limbs and portions are offered for sale separatelv, and thus a Bordelaise housekeeper, able, as al French cooks are, to make a fine disb with very little meat, can buy a leg, or a wing, or a breast without any of the other portions ; or, if the purse is not well lined, then the carcass can be taken, from which a splendid disn oi soup may De made. Even the blood is sold, showing that here at least the proverb waste not, want not" is understood and observed. How different to the wastefulness in the kitch en of a Yankee millionaire, of whom we recently heard, where the breasts alone of the fowls are cooked and sent to the table, the carcasses, including legs and wings, being thrown on to the dunghilL The secret of French success in poultry culture comes from the attentian paid tc the little things, and from a practical be lief in the importance of this branch of live stock as a profitable portion of agri cultural operations. Jos. Sedlet. JF-1IIX XOTES. Helpful Suggestions, Ranging from the House ind Lawn to the Field and Live Stock-Many a Seeret of Agricultural Success. No positive rules can be laid down for the planting of a lawn. It is merely a matter of personal taste, and if the far mer who wishes t improve the grounds around his house distrusts his own ability, let him take his wife and children into consultation. Let them all become in terested in the improvements. Then banish the old pots and pans, the ash barrels, the broken implements, and many other tilings that too often lie strewn about and disfigure the premises Let the barnyard be enclosed with a board fence so that the unsightly things may be kept out of sight there. Then screen tlie fence, Manv farmers have but a vaue idea of the results tliat can be accomplished by the planting of a few trees, especially evergreens, m the way of concealing unsightly objects. Orna mental trees, shrubs and flowers are to the landscape what furniture is to the rooms, and what pictures are to the bare walls. ROSES FOR W INTKR FORCING. Start voung plants about Ausrust 1st in clean loam ; give plenty of air. Keep off all flower buds until October, then mulch with manure. Mildew can be be fought with flowers of sulphur, the green aphis by fumigating with tobacco. "While many in this country sneer at the silage method, it is reported from England that the raising of roots for cat tie is becoming rarer, silos being found more serviceable for cattle feeding and less expensive. Frequent churning is better than re taining the cream from separate milk in S3, as mixture of cream of different ages is usually the cause of poor butter The best butter is made by churning the cream as soon as it is ready. The smaller the plant is when set out the better it is, providing it has a stem stout and stocky enough to "be handled without damaging it. A four-inch cab bage or sweet potato plant is better than a larger one, more sure to grow and to give a valuable product. Make frames of some kind for the to mato plants. One of tlie difficulties with them 'is that tlie branches fall to the ground when loaded with fruit. If sup ports are given tlie air and the sunlight will enter, the fruit will ripen better, and cultivation can be given more easily. "Whenever a crust forms on the surface of the ground break up the soil with a cultivator. A hard crust prevents ab sorption of moisture and allows the rain from quick showers to flow off to some extent. It also prevents a complete ap propriation of the plant food nearer the surface. A Visalia (Cal.) paper says a certain Poso creek farmer intended to start his mowers in tlie alfalfa Tuesday, but would have to take them out by next Monday and begin in wheat and barley, as he had four thousand acres of grain on irrigated land from waist to shoulder high all of which would be cut for hay. Phenomenal farming truly. A Farm That Ran Away. About the last thing in the world that one would expect to lose by its running away would be a farm. Yet m Holland there has certainly been one case (and there may have been many more) where a farm literally ran away from its owner and was tugged home by canal boats! As every one knows, the whole land of Hoi land lies lower than the ocean, and is only protected bv the immense dikes which are a wonder of the world; also by great pumps, moved by steam or by wind, which pump up the water which steals in under the dikes and return it to the sea through the many canals. In the case referred to. where a canal had been dug, the water slipped in silently behind its protecting dike, or worked 1 hese are all or tne away under the surface of a large farm, and undermined it, while the farmer was thinking of no danger, until one day a great storm arose, and behold, the water had separated this farm from the rest of the land, and the poor farmer had the grief to see his own beautiful farm hur rying away as fast as it could go to join itself to another man's farm on the op posite side of the stream! But after the storm it was surrounded by canal boats and brought back, where by means well known to the Dutch it was safely an fofld in fa own aid nlaoa, . CTXnVATTXG ORCHARDS. Expert orchardists seem to be in favor of plowing orchards every year, and giv ing shallow cultivation rather than allowing them to in grass. Many vari eties of apples might lie made annual bearers by plowing and cultivation. THE EVAPORATING IXDCSTRT. The apple is a specific American pro duction, and no country in the w-orld can compete with us in tlie production of cheap evaporated apples. Each 100 pounds of apples yields about 9 pounds of evaporated product. Western New York peaches are superior to peaches grown elsewhere, and the evaporated product readily brings from three to five cents per pound more. It was born in Western New York. At present there are from 1,500 to 2,000 evaporators of various sizes and makes in successful operation within a radius of forty miles from Rochester. MIT IX THE GARDES. This useful herb is by no meaTS diffi ult to suit as regards aspect, and if the bed gets sunshine at any part of the day it ought to do well. The main thing to insure a plentiful supply is to transplant a few roots every year to entirely fresh soil, as it soon gets tired of one spot and will die out if confined to it. But nature itself helps to do this as its roots keep pushing outwards to fresh soil from the centre, and in this wav will travel over a arge area in a few years. If the soil is heavy, a plentiful supply of gritty soil or old mortar rubbish will help to make it more congenial to the roots, which are liable to rot away in winter if the soil is wet. THE ABC OF PRCXTXO. Paint all large wounds to prevent de- cav. Pruning shears are more conveni ent tlian tlie knife or saw for pruning small trees, shrubs, grapevines, etc. "Where two b-anches rub together, cut off one. usuallv the smaller. Never cut off a branch, large or small, without 6ome definite reason for doing so. Cut off all sprouts from the trunk and main branches, unless more large branches are desired. Cut off all dead branches. They rob the tree of moisture, giving no return. Thev invite decav into live wood, and tlie looks of the tree will be greatly improved by their removal. If the extremirv of their branches have grown too dense, so that the sunlight ia largely prevented from entering the cen tre of the tree, thin out by cutting off many small twigs from the outer ends of the branches rather than by cutting off large limbs at the top of the trunk. Cut off branches close to the larger limb to which they are attached. If the branch to be cut off is so large that its weight is liable to cause it to split down, saw in a short distance from the lower side first. Pole shears are very useful for cutting off branches smaller than the little finger. On small trees, they permit a large part of the pruning to be done from the ground. In large trees, they are excel lent for thinning out the ends of branches. The double-edged pruning saw has sev eral advantages over that having but a single cutting edge. It seldom troubles by pinching, as it cuts its way out. It has a coarse and a fine edge, for different kinds of work, and two edges remain eharp longer than one would. SECRET WORTH KXOWEfG. The Chinese, according to the New Ledger, liave a way of keeping eggs for forty years or more in sound condition. Tlie older the eggs the more valuable they are, and it is a trick of the Chinese grocer to ring in fresh eggs on his cus tomers whenever he has a chance to cheat them in that way. Our govern ment should at once instruct our consular agents in China to discover what this valuable method of keeping eggs Is, for the benefit of American poultry raisers. MULOIIXa FRUIT TREES. In order to derive the full benefita from mulching, the manure should bo put over the roots in May or early June, but later is better than not at all. Then the virtues of the manure are generally washed down to the roots, and the moist ore is retained in the soil to such an ex tent that should dry weather follow, the new wood, foliage, and fruit will become fully developed. Many do not attempt this until the atmosphere is excessively hot and the soil dust dry from the effects of a July sun. One acre of grapes has been known to show a greater net profit than twenty acres of grass. The History of Pepper. The value of pepper In cooking seems to have been known long ago. Its usa as a medicine was common in the days of Hippocrates, who applied it, mota tened with alcohol, to the skin of ma pa tients. Just as sugar and tea have been in past times so dear as only to be with in the reach of the wealthy, so pepper was in the middle ages a very costly condiment So much was it valued that a small packet was at that time deemed a suitable present to offer a great person. Common or black pepper is now growa in many tropical countries, It ia climbing plant aome 13 feet high, bear ing fruit of a bright red color the sixe oS a pea, which when dried, turns black.
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